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OAS accession Detail for 0199301, meta_version: 5. Current meta_version is: 6
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Title: NOAA Global Drifter Program quality-controlled 6-hour interpolated data from ocean drifters initially deployed during 1994, containing observations from 1994-01-03 to 2003-02-25 (NCEI Accession 0199301)
Abstract: This dataset includes sea surface temperature and current data collected by satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys ("drifters") for the NOAA Global Drifter Program. The Drifter Data Assembly Center (DAC) at Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) has applied quality control procedures to edit these data (position and temperature) and interpolated them to 6-hour intervals using an optimum interpolation procedure. The data include positions (latitude and longitude), sea surface temperatures, and velocities (eastward, northward) with accompanying error estimates. Metadata include identification numbers, experiment number, start location and time, end location and time, drogue loss date, death code, manufacturer, and drifter type.
Date received: 20210223
Start date: 19940103
End date: 20030225
Seanames: Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Great Australian Bight, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Molucca Sea, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Mozambique Channel, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Sea of Okhotsk, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
West boundary: -77.12
East boundary: -77.19
North boundary: 72.89
South boundary: -65.8
Observation types: current measurements, current measurements - surface currents, in situ, physical, surface measurements, time series
Instrument types: buoy - drifting buoy, thermistor, thermometer
Datatypes: CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED, CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: O'Brien, Kevin M.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects:
Platforms: drifting buoy (99DB)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2019-08-20 15:50:28+00
Editdate: 2022-07-06 17:47:21+00